Joe Biden proposed a sweeping plan aimed at boosting U.S. manufacturing on Thursday, the first plank of an economic recovery agenda that his campaign is expected to roll out in the coming weeks. The Biden campaign is calling this economic plan the “Build Back Better Agenda.” The campaign says Biden
Joe Biden proposed a sweeping plan aimed at boosting U.S. manufacturing on Thursday, the first plank of an economic recovery agenda that his campaign is expected to roll out in the coming weeks.
But despite the president’s boast earlier this year that his administration has been “restoring our nation’s manufacturing,” the industry is still suffering, particularly in the Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states he won in the last election. Biden is hoping to win these states back this November and is all but certain to win the presidency if he’s successful in doing so.
Story continuesIn his speech, Biden implicitly contrasted his program with Trump’s “America First” agenda, which the former vice president argued has been unsuccessful. Biden said that, as president, he would unite a country that feels increasingly fractured along racial and partisan lines. “The Chinese are spending billions [in research and development] while we sit with our thumb in our ear.”
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